Battle Frenzy

Chapter 14 – A Correlative Study of the Behaviour of Students when Studying and the Side Benefit of Attracting the Opposite Sex—Aka, Studying and Picking up Chicks

“The male dormitory doesn’t allow us to have guests. Hurry up and go back, else I’ll call Ma Dong Dong to come and get you,” Wang Zhong said fiendishly. He had to be serious, otherwise this girl would just keep pushing him.

“Hmph. You can toss me then. Outside is dark; I’m scared that someone might rob me. What would I do then? I’ve even drank a lot,” Emily said, shivering slightly on the spot.

Wang Zhong rubbed his nose. “Girl, it’ll be fine as long as you’re not the one robbing others. Anyway, you can just use your soul power to rid yourself of the drunkenness!”

“Big brother Wang Zhong, let me tell you a story. A girl’s chair in the girl’s dormitory broke, so she went to find a boy to help her fix it.”

“And then?”

“That boy really did help her fix it, but then the girl became angry!” Emily craftily said.

“Why?” Wang Zhong suspiciously asked.

“Fool, the girl had broken the chair herself!” Emily finished and stomped off in a rage, but her face still wore a smile.

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Classes had officially begun, and all of the students had become like baboons in heat. To them, it was a completely new beginning.

Wang Zhong followed his usual routine and quickly finished his morning classes. Solitude made one adept at self-reflection. Due to the countless discussions with Simba, Wang Zhong had his own understanding of runes and the current battle system.

These strange and wonderful ideas of his were really complete nonsense, but some of them actually showed promise.

Later in the afternoon, he went to the library. Many students were quietly looking over rune designs as they needed to know how to operate and design them. Wang Zhong was also doing the same thing earnestly. Rune designs, especially weapon rune designs, gave him much inspiration.

In regards to the weapon designs and his understanding of them, Wang Zhong learned of how weapon and soul power worked together to spark such tremendous power due to their designs. Through this, it allowed him to gain an even better understanding of this particular offensive style. In order for him to grow even stronger, he ran through all kinds of possibilities.

Students in the commander department didn’t prioritize theory; instead, actual experience was more valued. They would learn all sorts of battle techniques as they believed this was the optimal way to grow stronger. Wang Zhong, however, felt that although this method did lead to quick gains, they would end up with a shallow understanding of their techniques.

Wang Zhong was reading Dr. Madeleine’s article, The EQ of Hyperdimensional Beings, when he suddenly caught a fragrance. When Wang Zhong raised his head to look at who sat across from him, he was met with a refreshing smile. “Student Wang Zhong, do you mind if I bother you for a moment?”

Wang Zhong was stunned. It was actually Scarlet… “Hello, student Scarlet. Of course it’s no problem.”

“I wanted to discuss something with you.” Whenever Scarlet appeared, all eyes would be on her.

Wang Zhong nodded; there wasn’t much he could do to help this influential person anyway.

“Wang Zhong, I read the essays you wrote earlier and found them very insightful, especially your The Connection between the Macro-Ego and Micro-Ego.” Scarlet appraised Wang Zhong, finding it unbelievable that this person’s achievements in theory surpassed even her own. Although she had always found combat difficult for her, she had always considered herself the best in theory until she entered this Heroic Soul Academy and faced her first defeat.

After reading his published papers and feeling absolutely crushed, Scarlet had spent her whole vacation trying to understand Wang Zhong. She had been flabbergasted by how audacious his theories were. Perhaps others would consider his theories nonsense, but Scarlet gained much insight from them.

“I just ponder things as I please,” Wang Zhong said.

“You believe that the power of runes is a type of living, magnetic force; this came from your own understanding, right?” Scarlet enquired. The power of runes was normally regarded as a magnetic field force that originated from the dark moon’s influence.